How to Install xVideoServiceThief 2.5 in Ubuntu 12.04 / 13.10

As you may know, xVideoServiceThief is the tool for downloading video clips from Google Video, Youtube, etc.(currently supports 93 websites and increasing) and allows to convert each video in most popular formats: AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, WMV, MP4, 3GP, MP3 file formats.

You can easily install this tool in Ubuntu based systems using the GetDeb repository. But the latest version (so far, it is 2.5) is only available for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring because it depends on the qt5 based libraries. So here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and its derivatives. Also works in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal.

Install Qt 5 modules in Ubuntu 12.04

The Ubuntu SDK Team PPA contains Qt 5 based libraries for Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 12.10. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa

Then update system package lists:

sudo apt-get update

The command in next step will automatically install the required packages from this PPA. After that, you can disable / remove this ppa from Software & Updates or Software Sources -> Other Software tab.

Download & Install xVideoServiceThief 2.5

First download the Debs from the below links. You may check OS type 32-bit or 64-bit by System Settings -> Details.

Download xVideoServiceThief 2.5 32-bit | 64-bit

Then run below commands in terminal to install it as well as the dependencies:

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